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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

States Seeking Remedies for the Rising Costs of Prescription Drugs

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As expected, the lawsuits have commenced following the enactment of the Arkansas legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers (PBM’s) from owning or operating actual pharmacies within the state. Michigan has filed its...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

No Supremacy Clause Preemption Where State Statute Doesn’t Conflict With Federal

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit explained that ordinarily, when state law contradicts with federal law, the state law may be preempted by the federal law under the US Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. However,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Supreme Court Ends Circuit Split with Ruling That Plaintiffs Can Seek RICO Damages for Certain Personal Injury Claims

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Resolving a deep split among federal circuit courts, the U.S. Supreme Court has broadened plaintiffs’ ability to sue under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for economic loss stemming from personal...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Product Liability Update - April 2025

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Foley Hoag LLP publishes this quarterly Update primarily concerning developments in product liability and related law from federal and state courts applicable to Massachusetts, but also featuring selected developments for New...more

Fishman Haygood LLP

U.S. Third Circuit Rejects Claims of Preemption and Allows Fosamax Cases to Proceed

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In 2022, over 500 plaintiffs filed a case alleging that Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a drug manufacturing company, failed to provide adequate warnings that one of their drugs increased the risk of atypical femoral fractures....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

A Rock and a Hard Place - The Third Circuit's Recent Fosamax Preemption Decision

Last month, the Third Circuit issued another appellate opinion in the long-gestating In re Fosamax litigation (3d Cir Sept. 20, 2024, – F. 4th, 2024 WL 4247311). The litigation, now well into its second decade, involves...more

Hall Benefits Law

32 State AGs Urge Justices to Review 10th Circuit Ruling Concerning ERISA Preemption of State PBM Law

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​​​​​​​A bipartisan group of attorneys general from 31 states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief in support of a petition for certiorari by Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner to review a decision by the U.S....more

Epstein Becker & Green

Another Leak Confirmed and Other Important Decisions and Divisions Issued, but Not Loper or Trump - SCOTUS Today

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The Supreme Court’s day started with the specter of yet another leak of a reproductive rights decision having occurred....more

Polsinelli

FDA Preemption of State Law for False Labeling Survives Appeal to Supreme Court

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Manufacturers of dietary supplements, food, beverages, and even medical devices can breathe a little easier following the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari this week in a case seeking to overturn a First Circuit decision...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Product Liability 2023 Year in Review

Massachusetts federal and state courts issued several important product liability decisions in 2023. Nutter’s Product Liability practice group reviewed these cases and report on their significant holdings as follows ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Oklahoma PBM Law’s Uncertain Appeal to the Supreme Court

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On January 2, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (“Tenth Circuit”) denied the State of Oklahoma’s motion for a stay pending appeal to the United States Supreme Court and one week later transferred...more

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Ozempic Gains Popularity, Its Maker Loses First Legal Fight

With Hollywood celebrities speaking out both in favor of and against the use of drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss, it was only a matter of time before demand outpaced supply. Although most might believe that...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Drug & Medical Device Litigation - December 5th - 6th, New York, NY

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 28th Annual Conference on Drug & Medical Device Litigation returns for another exciting year with curated programming and networking opportunities with 400+ industry...more

Epstein Becker & Green

State Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Tenth Circuit Holds That ERISA and Medicare Part D Preempt Key Parts of Oklahoma...

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On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (the “Tenth Circuit”) issued its decision in Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) v. Mulready, one of the first major opinions to further define...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Oklahoma Patient's Right to Pharmacy Choice Act Preempted by ERISA

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On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion in Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Glen Mulready, in his official capacity as Insurance Commissioner of Oklahoma, Oklahoma...more

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Tenth Circuit Rules ERISA Preempts Oklahoma PBM-Reform Law

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In a win for self-funded (i.e., self-insured) health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), the Tenth Circuit recently ruled that ERISA preempts provisions of an Oklahoma law...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

State AGs Choose Products Liability Case as Battleground for State Sovereignty

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A bipartisan coalition of 23 state attorney generals led by Virginia AG Jason Miyares recently went up in arms about a products liability ruling they believe will threaten state consumer protection laws. On May 30, the...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Goldberg, Gramling & O’Rourke: A Prescription for Pharmaceutical Preemption

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued several consequential decisions over the past 15 years setting guidelines for when federal regulations over prescription drug warnings preempt state failure-to-warn claims. Shook Partners...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

ERISA Preemption Developments in Managed Care

For plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (ERISA), the doctrine of federal ERISA preemption over state statutes, regulations or administrative schemes has been a central...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Ninth Circuit Holds that Implied Preemption Bars State Law Claims Based on a Violation of the FDCA

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In Nexus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Central Admixture Pharmacy Services, Inc., 48 F.4th 1040, 1041 (9th Cir. 2022), the Ninth Circuit recently held that the implied preemption doctrine barred state law claims because they were...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: Implied FDCA Preemption

This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the statutory prohibition on private enforcement actions under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The Court holds that a drug manufacturer’s suit against a compounding pharmacy for...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

The Clock is Ticking: Comments to Proposed Federal Rules For Wholesalers and 3PLs are Due June 6th and Here’s What We Think

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On February 4, 2022, the FDA released its long-awaited proposed national standards for the licensure of third party logistics providers (3PLs) and wholesale drug distributors. The draft rules were years over-due and the delay...more

Hogan Lovells

New FDA proposed rule will eventually preempt state drug wholesaler/3PL licensure laws

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the proposed rule, “National Standards for the Licensure of Wholesale Drug Distributors and Third-Party Logistics Providers,” which aims to improve the security...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Proposed FDA Rules Could Be Game Changers for the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

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New federal regulations have been proposed that will affect licensure of wholesale drug distributors and third-party logistics providers (3PLs). The Drug Supply Chain Security Act became law in 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

New York Medical and Life Sciences: Year in Review 2021

From pharmaceuticals to dietary supplements, preemption to public health, New York state and federal courts issued decisions in 2021, which further shaped the landscape in the medical and life sciences legal world. To prepare...more

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